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The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University continues its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.The topic of the workshop will be “Pricing Your Product” with Daniel Fox. This event is free and open to the public.Fox is a licensed practicing attorney and a certified public accountant. He currently...continue reading

Elderly and low-income tax payers in Hardin and surrounding counties can find free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business and law students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).The VITA Program offers free tax help to low-to-moderate-income (generally $51,000 and below) individuals across the country who cannot prepare tax returns on their own. As part of this program, ONU students have received training and have become IRS-certified to help prepare basic and...continue reading

Pictured (from L to R) are current year executiveofficers Dana Pikovnik (vice president - membership), Austin Price (vice president - finance), and Emily Shutt (president).Ohio Northern University’s Mu Delta chapter of Beta Alpha Psi was recognized as a Superior Chapter for the 2011-12 academic year. In recognition of this achievement, the chapter received a check for $275 sponsored by the KPMG Foundation. Beta Alpha Psi, an honorary organization for accounting and financial information...continue reading

The Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.In 2003, Dicke College of Business Administration was accredited by the AACSB, a formal recognition of the program...continue reading

The Mu Delta chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration has been named a semifinalist for the Beta Alpha Psi Ethics Award sponsored by Grant Thornton LLC.The 2012-13 award is made up of two parts: an abstract of a planned ethics project and a final submission of the results.ONU’s abstract outlined a plan to conduct an Ethics Day on campus to provide an avenue for high school students to think about ethical issues. During the event,...continue reading

Ohio Northern University defenseman Matt Fleming, a senior international business and economics major from Liberty Township, Ohio, has been named the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. The award was presented at the NCAA Finals in San Antonio in November.The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships.Fleming, a graduate of...continue reading

The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University continues its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.The topic of the workshop will be “Taxes and Your Business” with Mary E. Fox, an attorney with Fox Ruhlen Co. LPA in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. This event is free and open to the public.Fox has practiced law...continue reading

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration was awarded a grant from the Robert P. Ashlock Memorial Program, funded through Assurex Global and administered by The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation to develop a Risk Management & Insurance (RMI) major. Making the presentation to Dr. James W. Fenton, dean of The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration were Meg Allwein, Vice President, Chief Quality Officer at Assurex Global as well as The...continue reading

Two students from Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments at the Financial Executives International (FEI) Toledo Chapter Students Awards Night in Perrysburg, Ohio, on Nov. 8.Robert Roll, a senior accounting and finance major from Gahanna, Ohio, and Austin Price, a Master of Professional Practice in Accounting candidate from Tiffin, Ohio, were among 14 students honored at the event. The two ONU students...continue reading

The Ohio Northern University James F. Dicke College of Business Administration Entrepreneur Center is holding a Global Entrepreneurship Week from Nov. 13-16. The week will include pitch competitions for ONU students and a four-day visit from the champion ballroom dancing duo of Tim and Barbara Haller. The week begins with the ONU Polar Innovation Exchange competition will commence at 5:30 p.m. ONU students are asked to prepare a brief oral presentation of no more than two minutes. This should...continue reading